Concept information
Preferred term
Complement C6
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- C6 Complement
- Complement 6
- Complement, C6
- Complement Component 6
- Component 6, Complement
Scope note
- A 105-kDa serum glycoprotein with significant homology to the other late complement components, C7-C9. It is a polypeptide chain cross-linked by 32 disulfide bonds. C6 is the next complement component to bind to the membrane-bound COMPLEMENT C5B in the assembly of MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX. It is encoded by gene C6.
History note
- 2006 (1975)
In other languages
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Finnish
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C6
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003183
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